Our Winter Wonderland Wedding

Phew! What a whirlwind of winter wonderland, friends and family. Our wedding was last night, and we sure had a marvelous time. The festivities started days before, and we felt so blessed to be surrounded by our closest families and friends.

It was forecasted to be about 50 degrees and sunny on the day of our wedding. I was a little bummed because our entire wedding’s theme was Winter Wonderland. When Joe and I decided to get married in Colorado in January, I figured we might as well go all out, so bring on the snowflakes, ice blue and silver! Though we wanted the outside scenery to match the inside, we wanted people to actually attend our wedding and do so safely. When I woke up yesterday, flurries had started to come down. I was starting to get excited!!

By the time our photographer arrived to the bridal suite, the snow was really coming down. Unfortunately, we had to postpone and eventually cancel most of the outdoor wedding pictures because it literally started to blizzard. We moved the posed pictures to inside the chapel and tried to do them all before the wedding started. We even postponed the start of the ceremony to allow our guests some extra time to get there.

During the ceremony alone, it snowed five inches!! I peeked outside just before my dad walked me down the aisle and it was a complete whiteout. It really was a winter wonderland!

Unfortunately, due to the snow, we had some people who couldn’t come at all and some who left pretty early. My Great Aunt Myrna actually fell on the ice coming into the reception hall, and it’s looking like her wrist is probably broken. Despite the hiccups, it was a beautiful night.

Everyone was in awe that I actually got my winter wonderland, afterall! And you know, today is about 55 degrees and sunny. It only snowed over USAFA, too. It’s funny how help from above can do amazing things!

Now, married and so in love, Joe and I are heading out for Ocho Rios, Jamaica for our honeymoon!! We’re staying at a Sandals resort and are SO excited to get some quality time together in paradise.

I’ll post more pictures later, but these are a few that some of my wonderful bridesmaids and friends took.